Monday, January 21, 2013

Invigorating the Body/Mind

"It is exercise alone that supports the spirit,
and keeps the mind in vigor."
- Cicero, 65 BCE

"So many older people, they just sit around all day long and they don't get any
exercise. Their muscles atrophy, and they lose their strength, their energy and
vitality by inactivity."- Jack LaLanne

"Vigor (viriya) is the state of a hero (vira).
Its characteristic is exertion. Its function is to support or consolidate
related mental qualities. It is manifested as non-collapse. Because of the
saying, "Stirred, one strives wisely," its proximate cause is what stirs the
heart. When initiated properly, it should be seen as the root of all
attainments."
- Visuddhimagga XIV, 137, A Buddhist Scripture

"The chief condition on which,
life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism
develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its
destiny."
- Pierre Joseph Proudhon